Google & Other Tech Giants Not Liable For Terrorist Content
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Supreme Court rules tech giants not liable for terrorist content, sending Gonzalez v. Google case back for reconsideration.
The Supreme Court decided today that tech companies aren’t liable for terrorist content posted on their platforms.
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The lawsuit, initiated by the family of a victim of a 2017 ISIS attack, argued that Twitter, Facebook, and Google should be held accountable for allowing the terrorist organization to utilize their platforms in its terrorism efforts.
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However, the court unanimously decided that the lawsuit couldn’t proceed.
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Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for the unanimous court in Twitter v. Taamneh, clarified that social media platforms aren’t guilty, even if nefarious actors use such platforms for illegal and sometimes terrible ends.
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The argument brought forth by the victim’s family, that tech companies should be held liable for the alleged failure to stop ISIS from using these platforms, lacked the necessary link between the tech companies and the terrorist attack to establish liability.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in a brief concurring opinion, underscored that the court’s opinion was narrow in significant respects. She suggested that other cases with different allegations and records could lead to different conclusions.